ruthless

Etymology

From Middle English reuþeles; equivalent to ruth + -less.

adj

  1. Without pity or compassion; cruel, pitiless.
    At length their rage the hoſtile Pow’rs reſtrain, / All but the ruthleſs Monarch of the Main. 1725, Homer, translated by Alexander Pope et al., The Odyssey of Homer, volume I, Bernard Lintot, page 10

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